The Dodge Dynasty was a front-wheel drive sedan that was introduced in 1987 as a 1988 model to replace the 600 as Dodge's mid-size car. The Dodge Dynasty was related to the Chrysler New Yorker; both car lines were built on the Chrysler C platform in Belvidere, Illinois.
The Dynasty is also similar to the Chrysler New Yorker Fifth Avenue and Chrysler Imperial, which were available from 1990 to 1993 on an extended wheelbase version of the Chrysler New Yorker.
Trim levels included base and LE. Additionally, a "Brougham" package was offered on 1992 and 1993 LE models which added a padded landau roof.
Although fairly popular, the Lee Iacocca-dictated styling was boxy and conservative compared to aerodynamically styled competitors such as the Ford Taurus.
It is most likely that Chrysler named its late 1980s and early 1990s C cars on a "royalty" theme—stemming from the classic Imperial badge—to attract customers, including the Chrysler Imperial/New Yorker Fifth Avenue and the standard Chrysler New Yorker (the Dynasty was considered the budget auto of the three, with the standard New Yorker in the middle and the Imperial/New Yorker Fifth Avenue as the top of the line model).
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